Altered Embroidery Hoop – Believe In Yourself

 Namaste Friends!!

I am Kriti Mishra…..and today I will share a photo tutorial with you, for an altered embroidery hoop.

Here is my altered project….

 

Tutorial

Step 1: First I took an embroidery hoop and covered its upper edges with Little Birdie’s Crackle Paste. I put a generous amount of crackle paste to get thick cracks. After it dried, I sprayed Little Birdie’s Frosted Pool – Alcohol Splash in a  few areas.

Step 2: I cut a circle from a cardboard using the outer circumference of the hoop as measurement (this is to make its background) Here we can use paper also, but to make it sturdier, I used a cardboard.

Step 3: Now, it is time to prepare the base. For that, firstly, I applied white gesso to the circular base. When it dried, I applied mixed media paste through the – Irregular Dots stencil..

When it dried completely, I sprayed Frosted pool – Alcohol Splash over it. I coloured it darker at the edges and made it lighter as I went towards the centre of the circle.

Finally, I pasted it to the back of the embroidery hoop.

Step 4: To give a more interesting look to the base……or to pop up the base, I sprayed few drops of Little Birdie’s  Hot Pink Color Splash.

Step 5: Now the final part….that is the focal point and the composition. For focal point, I printed a quote and distressed it with archival ink – Blue bird. And for the composition, I cut out few elements from a paper pack and few elements from Little Birdie ephemera packs.

To complete the look, I adhered some handmade flowers from the store and few beads and pearls too.

Here, is the final and some close-up pics…..

I hope you all liked my project.

Kriti Mishra

Aqua Medley Handmade Card

 Namaste Friends!

Kriti this side…..hope you all are safe and healthy.

Today, I want to share a handmade card.

I have a step- by- step tutorial for this….

Step 1: Take a card base of size 8″ x 8″ and fold it at 4″. Take two pieces of pattern paper from the Aqua medley paper pack. Cut the first one with the dimensions 7- 3/4″ x 3-3/4″ and the second one with the dimension 7- 1/2″ x 3-1/2″.

Step 2: Now, affix the first paper over the card base with the help of craft glue.

Step 3: Now, take the second paper and adhere it onto the first layer with the help of  double – sided tape to give some dimension to the card. To add some interest, I stitched the borders of both the layers.

Step 4: Next, arrange some embellishments to adorn the card. For this, I have taken some beautiful handmade flowers from the store, one frame chipboard and few fussy cut elements from the paper pack.

Step 5: Now start decorating the card with the elements collected.

And ta- DA…..its ready…..

 

Some close- up pics….

 

I hope you all like it…..

Mixed Media Tag – Love The Life You Live

 Namaste Friends!!

I am Kriti. Hope you all are fine and healthy.

Today I have a mixed media tag for you to inspire you create something similar and join the ongoing Mixed Media Challenge.

This is what I made.....

Step 1 : Take a piece of cardboard and apply white gesso over it to completely cover it. I have given two coats of gesso as I have not taken a primed canvas. Gesso is used to make the surface non- porous, which prepars the surface for different paints and mediums.

 

Step 2 : Next, I have adhered some brick chipboards shapes to give it a look of a broken wall.

Step 3: After that, I have applied white gesso again to prepare the surface for the next step.

 

Step 4: Now it was the time to play with the colours. I have used two shades of Color Splash – Hot Pink for the bricks and Lime Splash for the left over space. (I forgot to click the picture at this step….but you all will be able to see in the final image)

Step 5 : I have used ‘Flaming Beauty and Enchanting Scroll’ chipboards and painted them with Misty Rose Chalk Paint.

Step 6: Next, I assembled all the elements like chipboards, handmade flowers, cheesecloth( to give a shabby look), some sisal fibre and some beads.

And Ta -Da its ready!

I hope you all like it and will make one for yourself.